I am reading The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. It is about a 13 year old girl who gets accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty.
There was a part when Charlotte goes into the top steerage, the candle blows out and she sees faces. One that is human, another that is a carving that looks really creepy. When I was reading it, I wondered why the stowaway would try to scare Charlotte. Why would the stowaway try to scare the only girl on deck? What does he have against her?
Zachariah, the cook, tells Charlotte that all of the sailors on the ship are the captain's former crew. When a journey is done, the crew gets released and then to get new sailors, they have to sign up. Zachariah tells Charlotte that the captain's former crew sign on to get revenge (they think Captain Jaggery is very very cruel). Does that mean the Zahariah is here to get revenge too?
I thought it was a little weird when only Charlotte, the crew, and the captain were on the ship. Two families couldn't make it but I just thought it was weird that only two families are on one big ship. Shouldn't there be more than just 2 families?
I can't wait to see why she is accused of murder and who she is accused of murduring.
4 comments:
Good Letter!
I really like your choice of words.
that sounds really good you phrased it nicely an you had a great summary
Do you know what the time peirod is?
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